[wp-forums] angelin.deboral lost the email to her old user ID

[Andrea Rennick]

If she wants her account back to update the plugins I find it odd she didn't
mention it.

A.

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Kathryn Presner <zoonini at gmail.com> wrote:

> The email attached to their new ID links to this FB profile so it does
> seem like the same person:
>
> Angelin Nadar
> PHP Developer at Magnet Technologies
> https://www.facebook.com/#!/angelin.nadar
>
> kp
>
> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Kathryn Presner <zoonini at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Funny that they didn't mention they were a plug-in author, huh? Any
> > way they can prove that? Might be a way to ID them.
> >
> > kp
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Michael Atkins
> > <michael at cubecolour.co.uk> wrote:
> >> That account is listed as author of a couple of plugins:
> >> http://profiles.wordpress.org/users/angelin.nadar/
> >>
> >> Smart Reporter for WP e-Commerce (847 downloads)
> >> & Smart Manager for WP e-Commerce 15,999 downloads
> >>
> >> If it isn't the same person, and is actually someone with malicious
> intent, the plugins are most likely the target. Who knows what dodgy
> business could be added into peoples ecommerce sites.
> >>
> >> Michael
> >> @cubecolour
> >> michael at cubecolour.co.uk
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 8 Sep 2011, at 16:47, ipstenu at ipstenu.org wrote:
> >>
> >>> Her latest post:
> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-want-the-emailid-associated-with-account-as-i-have-forgot
> >>>
> >>> Backstory.
> >>>
> >>> She had an id (angelin.nadar -
> http://wordpress.org/support/profile/angelinnadar/ ) with NO posts, and
> she lost the password.  No big, except she also forgot which email address
> it was.  Furthermore, the email address no longer exists (per yahoo, I
> emailed it directly).
> >>>
> >>> So now we have a case where she says "I am this user name, but I can't
> prove it in any way shape or form, because I don't remember the password or
> the email.  But can you reset the password for me anyway?"
> >>>
> >>> And I said "No, that's what we call 'social engineering.'  Tough
> titties, move on."  (I said it nicer!)
> >>>
> >>> Do I think it's her? Probably yes, but with no posts to the name, I
> can't even spot-check the IP to be certain, and the security mole in my
> heart screams in abject hate at the idea of just handing over an ID, when I
> don't know what else it may effect.  I highly doubt there's any risk in this
> particular situatino, but I'm not personally comfortable opening the door.
>  Especially since (1) no posts exists for the old account, (2) she has one
> (unanswered) topic with the new one and (3) merging accounts involves buying
> Otto a home brewery set at this rate.
> >>>
> >>> Am I being too knee-jerky paranoid about security?  (I swear, Nacin, I
> took the tin foil out of my hat today!)
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